Cuff-holder.



No. 707,427. Patented Aug. l9, I902 W. C. KEWIN.

CUFF HOLDER.

(Application filed. Aug. 5, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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WILLIAM C. KEWIN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CUFF HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 01' Letters Patent N0. 707,427, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed August 5, 1901. Serial No. 70,977. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. KEWIN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gui-Holders, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is an improved cuff-holder simple in form and comparatively inexpensive in matter of construction and designed particularly with reference to simplicity and convenience in operation, the same being hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims. 7

While this device may be conveniently secured to the sleeve of the shirt for the pur pose of holding the cufi, it may also be readily secured to the lining of the sleeve of the coat and is shown in the drawings adapted to be used in that manner.

Aside from the convenience and ease with which this device may be used, one of the objects of the invention is to produce a cuffholder which permits of the cuff being readily shifted longitudinally within the sleeve and held at any desired position relative therewith.

Referring to the drawings,'Figure 1 shows the outer face of the device full size. Fig. 2 shows the reverse or inner face. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the holder seen as indicated by arrow 3 in Fig. 2, the adjacent part of the cuff being longitudinally sectioned and the catch-piece shown in two positions by full and dotted lines. Fig. 4E, drawn to a scale double in size, is a longitudinal section of the body of the device, taken as on the dotted line l 4 in Fig. 3 and viewed as indicated by the arrow pointed thereon. Fig. 5, also double in size, is a central longitudinal section of the body of the device and associated parts, taken as on the dotted line 5 5 in Fig. 1. Fig. 6, drawn to a scale full size, shows the application of the device to a cuff.

A is the body of the device, commonly made of thin sheet metal bent to form and properly shaped.

Bis the catch-piece for seizing the cuif, held to the body A by a transverse pintle a, upon which the catch-piece is adapted to turn,

as indicated in This catch-piece, also usually formed of sheet metal, is held between parallel upturned flanges 19 b of the body near one end, the hollow sides of the body and the catch-piece being turned toward each other,

forming an inclosure, in which is placed a spring a, coiled about the pintle a. The terminals do of the spring extend out some distance from the coil in position to press outward against the opposing surfaces of the body and the catch-piece, respectively, tending to spread said parts or push them apart. The catch-piece is form ed with a downwardly or inwardly turned catch f, adapted to meet and press the adjacent side of the body A, as shown in the various figures, said inturned part f being preferably serrated or toothed to better hold the cuff, the spring acting on one side of the pintle a to spread the catchpiece, and the body causes the partf on the other side of the pintle to press thebody, and so firmly grip the part of the cuff inserted beneath it, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, the catchpiece acting as a lover.

The elongated hollow body A of the device is formed at the side opposite from the catchpiece with a notch or opening Figs. 1, 3, and 5, opening into the interior of the body. A slide it is provided to move longitudinally within the body, a part projecting through the end of the body and formed at its outer free end with an upturned part i), to be caught by the thumb-nail in drawing the slide outward'or to the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5. This slide is shown as doubled or turned back upon itself, and it holds rigidly a pin 7,: in position to centrally cross the opening g just within the adjacent side or wall of the hollow body A. The slide is made of elastic material, as hard metal, its two overlapping sections or parts l n tending to open out or spring away from each other, crowd the interior of the body, and constitute a friction tension for the slide, causing it to hold to place in any position it may occupy within the body. One member 71 of the bent slide is longer than the other member Z and extends out at the end of the body, as shown in Fig. 5. The short member Z is confined within the body, the latter having an extreme upturned part 0, which, opposing thepart Z, constitutes a stop for the slide to control the latter and prevent it from being drawn out of the body. When the slide is drawn outward against said stop 0, the point of the pin is about even with the adjacent edge of the opening g, as shown. When the slide is pressed inward, the upturned part i, meeting the end of the body, constitutes a stop for the slide in that direction.

In using the Cliff-hOldGI' itis first caught onto the outer end of the cuff O by means of the catch-piece B, as shown in Fig. 6, said catch-piece being opened or turned back by pressing with the thumb and finger the extreme even ends of the catch-piece and the body A. The cuff is then inserted in the coat-sleeve and a part D of the sleeve pressed by the end of the thumb into the opening g, as appears in Fig. 5, the slide h having been first drawn outward to remove the pin from said opening. An inward pressure of-the finger against the extreme end or part z' of the slide causes the pin to pierce the opposing part of the sleeve pressed into the opening, thus securely attaching the holder to the sleeve. When the slide is pressed inward, as stated, to bring the thumb-piece 1' against the end of the body A, as appears in Figs. 1 and 6, the pin completely crosses the opening g longitudinally, the point of the pin passing in above the spring, so as to have a bearing against the inner surface of the adjacent wall of the body over the spring. This affords a support for the pin on both sides of the opening and the part of the fabric through which the pin passes.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cuff-holder comprising an elongated hollow body formed with an opening,and with parallel flanges near one end, a catch-piece shorter than the body held longitudinally be tween said flanges, and a transverse pintlein the body piercing the catch-piece, with means for turning the latter on said pintle to engage the body, and a pointed shaft or pin adapted to move longitudinally in the body adjacent to said opening in the latter, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A cuflf-holder comprising a hollow body having an opening in its side, a pivotal cat-chpiece held by said body, a sliding piece or slide adapted to move longitudinally within the body, a pin carried by said slide to cross said opening in the body, and means for actuating the catch-piece, substantially as shown and described.

A cuff-holder comprising a hollow body formed with a side opening, a pin adapted to move longitudinally in said body to cross said opening, parallel flanges on the body carrying a transverse pintle, a catch-piece held pivotally on said pintle, and a spring controlled by said pintle, with its extreme ends pressing the catch-piece and said body respectively, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A cuit-holder having a body formed with an opening, a catch-piece held pivotally by said body and adapted to engage the latter, a pin adapted to slide longitudinally within the body adjacent to said opening, and means for turning said catch-piece against the body, the catch-piece and said opening being on opposite sides of the body, substantially as shown and described.

5. A cufi-holder comprising a hollow body formed with an opening, a pivotal catch-piece held by the body, a slide adapted to move longitudinally in said body, a pin carried by the slide to cross said opening in the body, and stops to limit the longitudinal motions of said slide, substantially as set forth.

6. A cuff-holder comprising a hollow body formed with an opening, a pivotal catch-piece held by the body, a slide adapted to move longitudinally in said body, a pin carried by the slide to cross said opening in the body, the slide being bent transversely or doubled with ends of unequal length, the longer one projecting from the body and the other confined within the body, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 2d day of August, 1901, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM C. KEWIN.

Witnesses:

ENos B. WHITMORE, M. B. SMITH. 

